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Beyond the flames : one toxic dump, two decades of sorrow

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Stranahan, Susan Q.
Corporate Author: Philadelphia Inquirer (Firm)
Contributors: King, Larry.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: [Philadelphia, Pa. : Philadelphia Inquirer], c2000.
Subjects and Genres:
Hazardous waste sites > Fires and fire prevention > Pennsylvania > Chester.
Wade Dump Fire, Chester, Pa., 1978.
Fires > Casualties > Pennsylvania > Chester > Case studies.
Chester (Pa.) > Fire > 1978 > Case studies.
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Table of Contents:
  • Chap. 1. An ordinary call to duty exacts a horrific price
  • Chap. 2. A staggering chemical find: a warning never sounded
  • Chap. 3. The scourge remains unattended
  • Chap. 4. As their brothers die, firefighters seek answers
  • Chap. 5. For Wade dumpers, jail time; for companies, an ultimatum
  • Chap. 6. A life fades and a lawsuit takes shape
  • Chap. 7. The settlement: putting a price on lives cut short
  • Chap. 8. Who's next? The question that lingers 22 years after the fire
  • The sick and the dead
  • Epilogue
  • Addendum.

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